Rewinding to Wednesday 2 January 1980…
Wednesday · Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom
The world on 2 January 1980 in Wimbledon.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 9°C in Wimbledon.
9°C/ 49°F high
Low of -5°C · dry
The sun rose at 08:06 and set at 16:03 — 7h 57m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 15.2 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Wimbledon's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 243,354 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”
by Rupert Holmes — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Babe”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1980-01-02
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
05Your life in numbers
Since that day, you have lived…
0
seconds
and counting, right now
0
heartbeats
at a resting average of 80 a minute
0
breaths
give or take a few yawns
0
sunrises
2,444 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
46 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Earth Goat
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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